Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre on screen and centre left on dais) addresses a meeting of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). He commended the Community for its solidarity with helping people in need, including its contributions to Haiti, regional cooperation on humanitarian crises and generosity in offering to host thousands of Syrian refugees.
 

Also pictured: Francisco Antonio Cortorreal (centre on dais), Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic to the UN and new Chair of Celac; Andrés Navarro (centre right), Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic; Diego Morejón Pazmiño, Deputy Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the UN. Ecuador handed over chairmanship of the community at the meeting.

Pictured at right: Francisco Antonio Cortorreal, Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic to the UN and new Chair of CELAC

Francisco Antonio Cortorreal, Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations and new Chair of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) addresses the meeting at UN headquarters where Ecuador handed over chairmanship of the Community to the Dominican Republic.